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AN '" 

Account of the Treasurer 

of 

The Colony of Rhode Island 

FOR THE 

PORT ROYALL EXPEDITION 
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Issued at the General Court of the Society of 
Colonial Wars in the State of Rhode Isla7td and 

Providence Plantations^ by its 
Governor, George Leander Shepley, Esquire 

and the 
^ Council of the Society 

December 30, 19 16 



Providence: Printed for the Society by the Standard Printing Co. 
from the original MS. in the archives of the State of Rhode Island 




HE STRUGGLE known as the War of the 
Spanish Succession was the last attempt of 
King Louis XIV to overcome his European 
enemies. It was known in America as Queen A nne's War. 
New England had suffered heavily from attacking 
war parties sent out from the Canadas. Reprisal was 
difficult, as leagues of pathless forest controlled by 
Indians friendly to the French stretched between the 
towns of the opponents and furnished grave obstacles to 
English attack. The sea furnished a comparatively 
easy and open way of approach to certain Canadian 
points. The only station of any importance within 
striking distance of New England was Port Royal, on 
the western shore of what is now Nova Scotia. Several 
attacks were made on this port. After the Deerfield 
massacre in 1704, Col. Benjamin Church led an expedi- 
tion along the Maine coast and up to Grand Pre and 
Port Royal, which resulted in the destruction of some 
French property, but which had no material success. 
In 1707, an expedition under Col. John March with 
Lieutenant-Colonel Appleton as second in command 
attacked Port Royal, but was repulsed. 

New England continued to regard Port Royal as the 
center from which came many of its troubles, and 
the tenacious New England spirit clung to the idea 
that this place must become England's own. 



In 1 7 10, after strong representation made to her 
Majesty, Queen Anne, Great Britain authorized an 
expedition under the leadership of Col. Francis Nichol- 
son. Nicholson had been governor of different Ameri- 
can colonies, but had had no military experience. 

British ships arrived in Boston September i8. The 
attacking squadron as finally made up consisted of 
three fourth-rates ; two fifth-rates ; the province galley ; 
one bomb-ketch ; twenty-four small transports ; two or 
three hospital ships; a tender and several small sloops 
carrying timber on which to bed cannon. On Septem- 
ber 24, the fleet arrived off Port Royal, and on the 25th 
a landing was made by 400 British marines and 1500 
provincials. 

The French in Port Royal at this time were few in 
number and, realizing the futility of resistance, Suber- 
case, their commander, surrendered the Port on Octo- 
ber I or 2. 

Twice before this time had Port Royal been taken by 
New England men, and twice had it been restored to 
France by treaty. This time England kept what she had 
acquired. Colonel Nicholson changed the name of the 
place to Annapolis Royal, and with the capture, French 
dominion in Acadia ceased, and three years after with 
the Treaty of Utrecht the province became Nova 
Scotia. 



Rhode Island furnished in all about one hundred and 
eighty men. The names of eighty-five of these appear 
in the billeting roll which is part of the account. 
Together with the New Hampshire troops, this levy 
formed a battalion of 300 men. Massachusetts furnished 
two battalions of 450 men each; Connecticut, one 
battalion of 300 men. 

Edwin Aylsworth Burlingame 
Norman Morrison Isham 
Charles Edward Cannon 



Note.— The information here given is taken in large part from Park- 
man's A Half- Century of Conflict, to which the reader is referred for a 
full account of the long struggle between English and French on American 
soil. 



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